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Get rare insight into the lives of well-known figures with the latest biography and memoir.
Tessa Morris-Suzuki
Australia's modern transformation as revealed through the life of an extraordinary woman
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Nemonte Nenquimo, Mitch Anderson
A memoir by an indigenous tribal leader in the Amazon, who fought Big Oil to preserve her tribe’s territories, and thousands of acres of pristine rainforest.
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Cory Leadbeater
As an aspiring novelist in his early twenties, Cory Leadbeater was presented with an opportunity to work for a well-known writer whose identity was kept confidential. Since the tumultuous days…
Ed Zwick
“I’ll be dropping a few names,” Ed Zwick confesses in the introduction to his book. “Over the years I have worked with self-proclaimed masters-of-the-universe, unheralded geniuses, hacks, sociopaths, savants, and…
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Roxanne de Bastion
A family story of survival, hope and music - for fans of The Pianist and The Cut Out Girl.
Ariane Beeston
A frank, hopeful and darkly funny memoir of postpartum psychosis and recovery
Griffin Dunne
A charming, hilarious account of Griffin Dunne's coming of age among a family of larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan.
Georgi Gospodinov, Théodore Ushev (illus.), Kristina Kovacheva (trans.), Daniel Gunn (trans)
In this exquisite literary gem, Georgi Gospodinov, winner of the International Booker Prize, invites the reader on a winding journey through his own memories.
Leslie Jamison
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes the riveting story of rebuilding a life after the end of a marriage - an…
Nanako Hanada, Cat Anderson (trans.)
A love story to climbing all the way down a book's rope, free diving to its bottom, and then resurfacing at its close, ready to breathe a different kind of…
D.J. Taylor
D.J. Taylor's new biography, the first full-length study of George Orwell for 20 years, draws on a wide range of previously unseen material to produce a definitive portrait of this…
Jessica Knight
Maybe you don't need heaven, maybe you just need to find yourself.
Alyssa Huynh
This is a book for anyone who believes that racism has no place in Australia’s future and is ready to take action.
Alex Noble
The inspiring story of a young man whose wisdom and strength can teach us all how to live life to the fullest, no matter what it throws at us.
Julia Lawrinson
From domestic dysfunction to extraordinary bad luck, Julia Lawrinson reflects on her intriguing and eventful life with disarming honesty and wit.
Some people are born into bad situations, some people…
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Iain McCalman
A rich biography of artist-turned-environmental campaigner John Büsst.
Susan R. Barry
When Susan Barry first wrote to Oliver Sacks, she never expected a response, let alone the deep friendship that blossomed over ten years of letters.Sue, herself a neuroscientist, wrote to…
David Sedaris
David Sedaris returns with his first new collection of personal essays since the bestselling Calypso.
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Helen Brown
From the New York Times bestselling author of Cleo, a warm, wistful coming-of-age true story about the transition from childhood to adolescence, and the small stray cat who helped…
Genevieve Kingston
A deeply moving memoir of a young daughter, her dying mother - and the trail of letters and gifts she left behind.
Margaret Tucker
Margaret Lilardia Tucker MBE (affectionately known as Aunty Marge) was a significant Aboriginal activist and one of the first Aboriginal women to publish for mainstream audiences. If Everyone Cared (1977)…
Rebel Wilson
From the scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes a refreshingly candid, hilarious, and inspiring book about her unconventional journey to Hollywood success and loving herself.
Lucy Sante
A tender and funny memoir about the marvels and obstacles of transitioning in later life
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Ashlee Donohue
A memoir of privileged insight into strong family ties, the intricacies of relationships and the unspoken expectations within urban Aboriginal communities.
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Hana Assafiri
Hana Assafiri is a much loved and revered social activist and radical entrepreneur. Through the medium of food and dining in her now-renowned Moroccan Soup Bar, Hana has worked tirelessly…
Alice Carriere
Compared to Girl, Interrupted, this memoir and love story, one of the most notable literary debuts of 2023, tells of a young woman's harrowing coming-of-age amid glamour, excess, and…
Salman Rushdie
From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring - and surviving - an attempt on his life thirty years after the…
Billy Dee Williams
What Have We Here? follows Billy Dee Williams from his childhood growing up in Harlem to his days on Broadway and in Hollywood before landing the role in George Lucas'…
Jo Peck
An uplifting, witty and hilarious memoir about the road from the shock and despair of a sudden marriage break-up to a fabulous new life
Margaret Wappler
An artful and contemplative tribute to the late actor famed for his role as Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills, 90210.
Patric Gagne
An utterly compelling, drily funny, and, at times, jaw-dropping account of life as a diagnosed sociopath from a music manager who retrained as a therapist to better understand her condition…
Shannon Molloy
The bestseller optioned for a major film and adapted to the stage, Fourteen is this generation’s Holding the Man – a moving coming-of-age memoir about a young man’s search for…
Bradley Trevor Greive, Caroline Laner Breure
Sometimes the whole truth is the death of everything.
Nova Weetman
How do we become more after losing? Beloved Australian author Nova Weetman shares her heartfelt experiences with grief and loss while also celebrating the profound beauty of love and life.
Abbas El-Zein
A story of survival, and a meditation on desire and loss, language and violence
Rosie Batty, Sue Smethurst
After tragedy, how do we find hope? A memoir about what it takes to get through the very worst of times from Rosie Batty
Lynda Holden
150,000 adoptions took place in Australia between 1950 and 1975. It is estimated that one in 15 was forced. Proud Dhunghutti woman, laywer, human rights advocate and former midwife Lynda…
Chimene Suleyman
A memoir exposing one man's control over many women, an exploration of the trauma he left behind and the sisterhood that formed in his wake despite - and in spite…
Anna Jacobson
How do you write a memoir when your memories have been taken? She awakens in hospital, greeted by nurses and patients she doesn’t recognise, but who address her with familiarity…
Dr Kerryn Phelps AM
A memoir and manifesto from the remarkable Kerryn Phelps
Dominic Gordon
A wild ride through a disaffected youth by a gifted writer. Dominic Gordon explores his memories in tight prose bursting with insight, audacious ideas and dark humour.
Adam Shatz
A searing biography of the life and legacy of Frantz Fanon, a French West Indian psychiatrist and political philosopher whose work has been influential in post-colonial studies, critical theory and…
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Sue Williams
The remarkable true story of a family forced into hiding after leaking Russian secrets.
RuPaul
From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date
Carrie Sun
A gripping memoir of one woman's self-discovery inside a top Wall Street firm, and an urgent indictment of privilege, extreme wealth, and work culture
Peter Goldsworthy
From poet and bestselling novelist Peter Goldsworthy, this darkly funny, bittersweet memoir offers lessons in how to live life in the shadow of an incurable illness.
Anna Broinowski
Datson Angel is a turbo-charged adventure into the savage heart of 1980s Australia: a place completely alien, yet frighteningly similar, to today.
Sloane Crosley
Disarmingly witty and poignant, Sloane Crosley's memoir explores multiple kinds of loss following the death of her closest friend.